Haption Overview

A spin-off of CEA (French Nuclear Research Agency), HAPTION benefits from results and know-how developed in more than 30 years of research. HAPTION designs, manufactures and sells haptic devices with professional quality, suited to the needs of its customers, both industrial and academic.

The VIRTUOSE API is a low-level driver, giving access to the functionalities embedded in the haptic device (Virtuose, Inca or Able). Its principal role is to implement the UDP communication protocol used for the dialog with the haptic device control software.

IPSI (Interactive Physics Simulation Interface) is a software library for rigid-body physics simulation with force-feedback developed by Haption in collaboration with CEA LIST. It is the only software technology available on the market today, which is able to carry out a real-time simulation at near-kHz frame rate with very large, non-convex geometries.

Based on Haption’s physics simulation technology IPSITM, IPP "Interactive Physics Pack" is a set of Virtools Building Blocks that allow the user to create and play a real-time 3D application with collision detection:

IPSI for V6, or simply called IV6, is a new tool enabling interactive Assembly and Maintenance Simulation as well as streaming of Motion Capture data into 3D Experience. It comes in two different modules: Motion Capture for Assembly Simulation and Motion Capture for Human Tasks.

Based on Haption’s physics simulation technology IPSITM, "IPSI for Tecnomatix Process Simulate" is a plug-in for the CAD software Siemens Tecnomatix Process Simulate Version 12. This plug-in is composed of one module.